diff --git a/src/system/kernel/vm/vm_store_anonymous_noswap.cpp b/src/system/kernel/vm/vm_store_anonymous_noswap.cpp
index ee0d48404c..ef7fe64006 100644
--- a/src/system/kernel/vm/vm_store_anonymous_noswap.cpp
+++ b/src/system/kernel/vm/vm_store_anonymous_noswap.cpp
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ anonymous_write(struct vm_store *store, off_t offset, const iovec *vecs,
 	size_t count, size_t *_numBytes, bool fsReenter)
 {
 	// no place to write, this will cause the page daemon to skip this store
-	return 0;
+	return B_ERROR;
 }